I have a laptop with no drivers, how do I figure out which NIC it has?

[superHARD]

OK I have a generic laptop (no name brand what so ever)

It has a fresh load of W7, but no drivers are being loaded by the OS.

Is there a way for me to know which drivers I need? Maybe a tool that will identify my NIC for me?

NIC first, but I will bee needing all the other drivers, I know it has a ATI9700 mobility video card.

 

[Brainonska511]

Is the chipset driver installed? You might need that first before W7 can find everything else? Or use the device manager and let it search for the device drivers?

Or it might be listed in the BIOS if you're lucky.

 

[CurseTheSky]

If all else fails, you could open the various bottom covers to see if you can locate a label / model number for the NIC. We're talking wireless, right?

There should be an FCC sticker somewhere. Look around that area for more info.

 

[superHARD]

Wireless, and wired, nothing is installed.

Can't let it search for drivers, no NIC is installed, so no internet.

It's a AMD 3200+ how/which chipset drivers should I install?

I think it's a SIS chipset, but not 100% for sure. Belarch said something about SIS.

 

[Chapbass]

http://www.halfdone.com/Development/UnknownDevices/

 

[Chapbass]

Also, in the network controller properties under device manager, go to the details tab, go to hardware ID's, google the top line, should give you a good clue. Or copy it in to here and I'll see if i can help out.

 

[superHARD]

Pci\ven_1039&dev_0900&subsys_52001584&rev_91

 

[superHARD]

I'll try that app in a minute. Thank you for your help everyone!

 

[Spikesoldier]

http://www.halfdone.com/Development/UnknownDevices/

seconded

 

[superHARD]

OK, the app works great, I download the SiS drivers and the laptop blue screens.

So I guess I'll just disable it.

I found a pcmcia wireless card that has me on the net downloading new drivers now. Now that I know what my hardware is thanks to the link you guys gave me. That's a keeper link! 😉